The next in our series of hand made maps, designed by Ella Cutler. The Country that is now known as Green Square is nadunga gurad, sand dunes Country, known for millennia for its nattai bamalmarray, freshwater wetlands and ephemeral ponds. We acknowledge the generous contribution of Shannon Foster, D’harawal eora Knowledge Keeper & registered Sydney […]

Launching a walking map of Green Square. The map signposts civic ecologies so that residents can use it when they walk around their 5kms radius.

We are in the habit of making maps, and putting them together as atlases. So we thought it was time to try to explain why. An atlas is a book or collection of maps. Many atlases also contain facts and history about certain places. There are many kinds of specialized atlases, such as road atlases […]

As part of a panel titled ‘Questioning the Colonial: Three Counter Mapping Practices’ organised by Linda Knight we presented to an international audience very early in the morning (for us). The event was convened by the LivingMaps network as part of the series ‘Front Lines, Back Yards’. LIVINGMAPS NETWORK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2013 AS A […]

We planned The Civic Ecologies of Green Square during 2020, a year dominated by the digital, with very few face to face meetings and exchanges of artefacts. By the time we first met with Jennifer Noorbergen, Community Engagement and Venue Manager of our partner Joynton Avenue Creative Centre, we had already well and truly begun. […]

Bankstown Arts Centre produced this short video of us introducing The Plantiness of Bankstown. The video is part of a YouTube series presenting all the artists in Symbiosis, the inaugural Bankstown Biennale. There are important tips, such as finding mulberries and spotting ibis.

We have just finished up an online residency at WalkingLab, as part of the project Performing Lines: Innovations in walking and sensory research methodologies. This project is lead by Dr. Stephanie Springgay to study and advance the theory and practice of walking methodologies, exploring and developing innovative interdisciplinary practices. MappingEdges has been ‘Walking with Seeds’ […]